Perinatal Western Diet Consumption Leads to Profound Plasticity and GABAergic Phenotype Changes within Hypothalamus and Reward Pathway from Birth to Sexual Maturity in Rat (2017)

Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2017; 8: 216. Published online 2017 Aug 29. doi:  10.3389/fendo.2017.00216 PMCID: PMC5581815 Julie Paradis,1 Pierre Boureau,1 Thomas Moyon,1 Sophie Nicklaus,2 Patricia Parnet,1,*† and Vincent Paillé1,*† Abstract Perinatal maternal consumption of energy dense food increases the risk of obesity in children. This is associated with an overconsumption of palatable food that is consumed […]

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Age 23 – 60 days: ED significantly improved, HOCD thoughts fading away. I feel like I’m actually enjoying life now

Sorry for the long post in advance, I know it’s a lot but I wanted to share how I’m doing and maybe it motivates other people to keep going or to start out. I feel like I’m less emotional or optimistic than other people so I’m not promising superpowers or girl magnets. but I’m actually […]

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Commuting, Life-Satisfaction and Internet Addiction (2017)

Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2017 Oct 5;14(10). pii: E1176. doi: 10.3390/ijerph14101176. Lachmann B1, Sariyska R2, Kannen C3, Stavrou M4, Montag C5,6. Abstract The focus of the present work was on the association between commuting (business and private), life satisfaction, stress, and (over-) use of the Internet. Considering that digital devices are omnipresent in […]

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How Science Is Unlocking the Secrets of Addiction (National Geographic)

We’re learning more about the craving that fuels self-defeating habits—and how new discoveries can help us kick the habit. [Watch short video] Addiction hijacks the brain’s neural pathways. Scientists are challenging the view that it’s a moral failing and researching treatments that could offer an exit from the cycle of desire, bingeing, and withdrawal that […]

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Fucking Godmode!

120 days ago I was an absolute nervous, anxious, depressed wreck. My life had no meaning and I couldn’t even think of getting out of bed in the morning. No job, no friends, nothing. First month was hard, second month slightly less hard. After that things just went their own way and I stopped counting. […]

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Sexologists Deny Porn-induced ED by Claiming Masturbation Is the Problem

Since 2016, an audacious red herring has insinuated itself into the tweets and blogs of some AASECT sexologists: the notion that PIED (porn-induced erectile dysfunction) is caused by masturbation. Without offering any scientific support, this band of porn-apologists has determined to persuade us that porn is not behind the recent rise of coital ED in […]

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Age 22 – Overcame a decade of addiction, now achieving goals that seemed impossible

I did it. I fucking did it. [Background] Started PMO when I was in 7th grade, I still remember the first time when I discovered this “amazing” thing. Going through middle school to college, I have faced obscure issues such as brain fog, social anxiety, mediocracy with the ladies and gentlemen, low self-esteem, and a […]

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Situational Psychogenic Anejaculation: A Case Study (2014). Porn-induced delayed ejaculation.

COMMENTS – The details reveal a case of porn-induced anejaculation. The husband’s only sexual experience prior to marriage was frequent masturbation to pornography – where he was able to ejaculate. He also reported sexual intercourse as less arousing than masturbation to porn. The key piece of information is that “re-training” and psychotherapy failed to heal […]

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This Is How Therapists Treat Young Men With “Porn-Induced Erectile Dysfunction”. Sex therapist Alinda Small, clinical sexologist Tanya Koens, psychotherapist Dan Auerbach (2017)

“Their sexual script has become someone else’s story so they can’t build their own fantasy.” Posted on September 13, 2017 Gina Rushton BuzzFeed news reporter, Australia (link to original article) Dominic* was 12 years old when he first watched porn online and masturbated. “Up until two months ago I browsed [porn] at least two hours […]

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